Designing a lighting program at PSI energy: Thoughts and experiences using quality function deployment
PSI Energy serves approximately 600,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in central Indiana, making it the largest investor-owned utility in the state. In 1991 PSI signed a Settlement Agreement with the major investors in the state to undertake demand-side management (DSM) programs for its customers. This agreement extends through 1995 and sets a goal for PSI to reduce Summer peak demand through conservation and load management programs by at least 85 MW. PSI`s latest Integrated Resource Plan calls for DSM programs to exceed this level, achieving a Summer peak demand savings of 120 MW by 1995. The Settlement Agreement provides PSI recovery of prudently incurred DSM implementation costs, the recovery of {open_quotes}lost revenues{close_quotes} (the contribution to fixed costs that is lost to reduced sales), and a shared savings incentive. This incentive shares the reduced costs generated between the customers and the shareholders. The most recent estimates indicate an incentive of approximately $50 million. A major goal for both PSI and the intervenors is to have the programs reach as many of the customers as possible. The program designed for smaller commercial and industrial customers was aimed at improving lighting efficiency. Lighting is by far the greates user of electricity in this market segment. The program is targeted at 66,000 customers, and its objective is to obtain 9.7 MW of capacity savings by summer 1995. Participation by as few as 10% of the customer base could see this goal achieved.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States); Policy Research Associates, Inc., Reston, VA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 254530
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-TR-105963; CONF-9312121-; TRN: 96:002544-0041
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Efficient lighting 1993: a lighting symposium for electric utility lighting and DSM professionals, Scottsdale, AZ (United States), 8-10 Dec 1993; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings: Efficient lighting 1993, a lighting symposium for electric utility lighting and DSM professionals; PB: 237 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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